Activist dies in hospital
In his efforts to making the country a better place, Mboneni was often involved in many social movements as well many acts of goodwill.
KwaThema – The Yende family and KwaThema community have suffered another blow following the death on Wednesday night of social justice activist Mboneni Yende, the brother of the slain Eskom employee, Thembisile.
Mboneni was an entrepreneur who soon became the voice of activism and social justice when he began a movement to seek justice for Thembisile Yende in 2017.
Thembisile’s decomposed body was found in her office at the Eskom Pieterboth substation, in Struisbult, in May 2017, two weeks after she was reported missing.
A preliminary postmortem revealed she sustained head injuries and was suffocated.
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Mbonaneni’s family confirmed that the activist passed away at Malberton Hospital after being ill for months. A friend Brian Sithole says the community has lost a selfless person who was always ready to lend a helping hand to those in need.
“Through his efforts to seek justice for Thembisile, he was approached by streams of people who sought help as they too felt that they were failed by the justice system of our country.
“He never at one point complained about the added responsibility but took it up to the point of being part of the team that started the Thembisile Lucia Yende Foundation.
“It was through this foundation that he touched the hearts of many people, and brought hope to those who were destitute and living in despair,” he says.
In his efforts to making the country a better place, Mboneni was often involved in many social movements as well as many acts of goodwill.
“In 2019, he became the founder and chairperson of One Strong Voice Foundation,” he says.
